Inside the Pope's residence

February 13, 2013

A view of the Vatican inside the walls taken from a window of the Seconda Loggia at the Apostolic Palace on October 25, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Sixtus V (1585- 1590) built the Apostolic Palace where the present pope lives and where every Sunday at noon he stands at the window, and blesses the crowd that gathers in the magnificent St. Peter's square.

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A view of the Vatican inside the walls taken from a window of the Seconda Loggia at the Apostolic Palace on October 25, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Sixtus V (1585- 1590) built the Apostolic Palace where the present pope lives and where every Sunday at noon he stands at the window, and blesses the crowd that gathers in the magnificent St. Peter's square.